( Vogue Russia for the third year in a row Harper’s Bazaar U.S., Porter and Vogue Netherlands all for the second time since 2014.) and Porter also limited their covers to white, cisgender, straight-sized models. Vogue Germany, Vogue Netherlands, Vogue Russia, Harper’s Bazaar U.S. To make matters worse, the quarterly hasn’t featured a cover model of color in at least three years. Several magazines managed to book exclusively white cover stars, among them industry darling LOVE. Meanwhile, only 197 nonwhite faces stared back at us from newsstands. To put it more plainly, 482 white models graced the covers of popular fashion glossies in 2016. This figure dwarfs the slight improvements we saw on the Spring 2017 runways, which were 25.4 percent nonwhite - a mere 0.7 percentage point increase over the previous season (Fall 2016). For context, racial representation on magazine covers rose by 5.4 points between 2014 (17.4 percent) and 2015 (22.8 percent). In 2016, 29 percent of cover models were women of color, a fairly respectable 6.2 point increase from 2015. Vogue India April 2016, Teen Vogue February 2016, Paper September 2016 Images: CourtesyĪfter tallying 679 cover model appearances across 48 top international fashion publications, we found that, when it comes to race, magazine covers were significantly more diverse than in prior years. And while the numbers don’t quite do justice to the state of the industry at large, they’re far from discouraging. Suffice it to say, we had high hopes for the year’s magazine diversity ratings. Nor Babs’ sensual, stunning, sophisticated W appearance. Nor Rihanna’s provocative turn on CR Fashion Book. And we mustn’t forget T Magazine and Vogue’s respective tributes to the first lady. There’s gorgeous Priyanka Chopra’s Gucci-clad InStyle cover. Transgender actress Laverne Cox’s chic, impeccably styled LADYGUNN cover, for another. Curve model and body positivity activist Ashley Graham’s August Cosmopolitan cover, for one. Which is why we’ve cheered extra hard over the past year when certain issues hit the newsstands. So you might say that, in these uncertain times, a magazine’s choice of cover star is more telling than ever. ![]() Last week, Complex became the latest magazine to do away with its print product entirely. This November, Condé Nast announced that our beloved Teen Vogue would transition to a digital-first publication, producing only four coffee-table-destined “keepsake” issues a year. The public’s media habits are shifting and market-savvy fashion glossies are strategically solidifying their titles. It’s an undeniable fact that print, as a medium, is in decline.
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